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 Are you looking for more information related to land conservation? This page will provide you with additional links and resources for all webcasts. Information will also be added here as more webcasts become available. Currently available: • The True Costs of Sprawl • Creating Open Space Plans • Open Space Financing 101 • Open Space Campaigns • Conservation Easements • Biodiversity in PA • Update on Liability   Costs and Revenues of Residential Development: A Workbook for Local Officials and Citizens, Penn State Cooperative Extension (University Park, PA 2000). Available online. Cost of Community Services Studies, Fact Sheet, American Farmland Trust (Sept. 2001). Available online. Cost of Community Services Study: Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania (March 2002). Available online. The Costs of Sprawl in Pennsylvania and the Executive Summary of the Costs of Sprawl in Pennsylvania, Clarion Associates (January 2000). Available online. The Economic Benefits of Parks and Open Space, The Trust for Public Land (1999). Available by calling (800) 714-LAND. Fiscal Impacts of Different Land Uses: The Pennsylvania Experience, Penn State Cooperative Extension, circular #410, (University Park, PA 1997). Available by calling (814) 865-6713. Opportunity Knocks: Open Space as a Community Investment, Michael Frank (Heritage Conservancy 2000). Available online. Saving Land Saves Money, Montgomery County Lands Trust (2001). Available online. Sprawl Costs Us All: How Your Taxes Fuel Suburban Sprawl, Sierra Club (April 2000). Available by calling (202) 547-1141.
 Conservation Design for Subdivisions; A Practical Guide to Creating Open Space Networks, Randall Arendt, et al. Available from Amazon.com. County Natural Area Inventories. Counties in eastern Pennsylvania contact the Nature Conservancy at (717) 948-3961 or c-astauffe@state.pa.us. Counties in western Pennsylvania contact Western PA Conservancy at (412) 288-5403 or jwagner@paconserve.org. Creating Connections: The Pennsylvania Greenways and Trails How-To Manual, available from the Pennsylvania Environmental Council by calling (215) 563-0250 or email cmeyers@pecphila.org. Creating a Local Greenprint for Growth, Trust for Public Land. An online report on how to develop and implement open space plans. Green Infrastructure: Smart Conservation for the 21st Century. Available from the Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse. Land Trust Geography, Land Trust Alliance. A 50-page magazine presenting case studies regarding the use of GIS software in land use planning. Order online. Land Use in Pennsylvania: Practices and Tools, An Inventory, Governor's Center for Local Government Services, January 2000. Available online. Linking Landscapes: A Plan for Protected Open Space Network in Chester County, PA. Available online. Local Government Handbook for GIS Implementation Within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The handbook prepared by PaMAGIC, a consortium of GIS professionals and government agencies in the Commonwealth, can be accessed online. Monroe County Open Space Plan: An Action Guide to Preserving and Enhancing Monroe County's Green Infrastructure. Accessible here (select "Open Space Plan").
 A Handbook for Public Financing of Open Space in New Jersey, by The Trust for Public Land (1995). Available by calling (212) 677-7171.
 Appraising Easements: Guidelines for Valuation of Land Conservation and Historic Preservation Easements (Land Trust Alliance and National Trust for Historic Preservation 1999). The Conservation Easement Guide: Designing, Monitoring and Enforcing Easements (Brenda Lind 1991). The Conservation Easement Handbook (Land Trust Exchange and the Trust for Public Land 1988). Conservation Options for Private Landowners and Protecting Your Land with a Conservation Easement (companion brochures from Land Trust Alliance; set of 150 copies for $45). Conservation Options: A Landowner's Guide (Land Trust Alliance 1999). Designing Open Space Subdivisions: A Practical Step-by-Step Approach (Randall Arendt, Natural Lands Trust 1994). Doing Deals: A Guide to Buying Land for Conservation (Trust for Public Land and the Land Trust Alliance 1995). The EAC Handbook: A Guide for Pennsylvania's Municipal Environmental Advisory Councils (Pennsylvania Environmental Council 1996). The Federal Tax Law of Conservation Easements, Third Supplement (Stephen J. Small, Esq., Land Trust Alliance 1997). Guide to Pennsylvania's Conservation and Preservation Easements Act (PALTA 2001). A Guide to Pennsylvania's New Conservation and Preservation Easements Act (Debra Wolf Goldstein, Esq., Pennsylvania Bar Quarterly, October 2001). Guiding Growth: Building Better Communities and Protecting Our Countryside (Pennsylvania Environmental Council 1992). Monitor Training Curriculum & Handbook (Vermont Land Trust 1997). Pennsylvania Land Conservation Handbook (Allegheny Land Trust 1995). Preserving Family Lands: Book I — Essential Tax Strategies for the Landowner (Stephen J. Small, Esq., 1998). Preserving Family Lands: Book II — More Planning Strategies for the Future (Stephen J. Small, Esq., 1997). Preserving Family Lands: Book III - New Tax Rules and Strategies and a Checklist (Stephen J. Small, Esq., 2002). A Simplified Guide to the Tax Benefits of Donating a Conservation Easement (2001) by C. Timothy Lindstrom, Esq. Available online, PDF file. The Recreation Use of Land and Water Act: Lory v. City of Philadelphia (Debra Wolf Goldstein, Esq., Duquesne Law Review, Spring 1997). Taking Control of Your Land: A Land Stewardship Guidebook for Landowners (Chester County Planning Commission 2001). Tax Strategies in Land Conservation Transactions (William T. Hutton, Esq., 1999).
 Conservation Thresholds for Land -Use Planners by ELI (2003). Available online. Halting the Invasion: State Tools for Invasive Species Management. Available online. Planning with Nature: Biodiversity Information in Action by C. Kennedy and J. Wilkinson. Available online. Status of the States: Innovative Strategies for Biodiversity Conservation by J. Wilkinson. Available online.
 Facilitating Use of Recreational Land in Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly (July 2000), p. 128-130 by D. Czap. ( Available at any law library. ) Recreational Immunity Statute Alive and Well, Pennsylvania Recreation & Parks (3rd Quarter 2000), p. 21-22 by D. Goldstein. ( Available at PRPS, call: 814-234-4272 ) The Recreation Use of Land and Water Act: Lory v. City of Philadelphia, Duquesne Law Review (Spring 1997) by D. Goldstein. ( Available at any law library. )
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